CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 519 



551. Crepidotus mollis IV. 



Syst. Mycol., L821. 



Illustrations: Swanton, Fungi, PL 10, Fig. LO l_. L909. 

 Gilletj Champignons <le France, No. 262. 

 Ricken, Blatterpilze, Plate 61, Fig. 1. 



Cooke's III.. PI. 198. 



PILEUS L-o cm. broad, rarely broader, sessile or subsessile, so 

 obovate to reniform, soon plane with <t gelatinous cuticle which 

 gives ii a gelatinous feel, sometimes subviscid, flaccid, glabrous, 

 snbstriate on the margin, livid (moist) becoming ochraceous- 

 whitish (dry). FLESH thin. GILLS narrow, crowded, decurrent, 

 radiating, whitish then cinnamon. SPORES elliptical-ovate, sub- 

 acute ;ii one end, rounded m the other, smooth, 7-8.5x I •"» micr. 

 ODOR and TASTE ao1 aoticeable. 



Often imbricated, on decaying logs and limbs. New Richmond. 

 September. Rare. 



c. mollis differs from C. haerens in thai the .uills are more crowd- 

 ed and narrow, the spores are slightly smaller ami the surface is 

 iint viscid as a rule, even when moist and fresh. 



552. Crepidotus albidus K.A E. 

 Proceedings Amer. Acad, of Phila., 1S94. 



"PILEUS sessile, resupinate <ii first, whitish, nhihrons, dry, mar- 

 gin incurved. <HLLS thin, rather broad, pallid then yellowish- 

 brown, radiating from a point. SPORES unequally elliptical, yel- 

 lowish-brown, 5x3.5 mitt-. <>n bark of tilia, Ann Arbor." 



This species has not been recognized, apparently, Bince ii waa 

 described. It is included ;is ;i basis for further observation, [1 

 approaches G. latifoliua but the spores are not spherical and the 

 l>ileiis is not hygrophanous. Specimens of the type material are 

 in the University of Michigan herbarium. It is very close to the 

 following. 



553. Crepidotus herbarum Pk. 

 N. V. State .Ma-. Rep. 26, L874. 



"PILEUS 3-10 mm. broad, sessile, resupinate, Buborbicular, 

 clothed with </ \chitc, doicny villosity, incurved on the margin when 



